Close quarters

Justin Land, director of tax-exempt management at Wasmer, Schroeder & Co. in Naples. Land, 40, oversees the firm's portfolio managers who manage more than $5 billion of municipal bonds.

About 16 years ago, he was looking for a fun way to exercise and remembered enjoying karate when he was a child. He's never enjoyed traditional gyms, but he knew he needed to shed some pounds.

“I was pretty sedentary,” he admits. “I like exercising when I don't have to think about the exercise part, that's why the gym is painful for me.”